Friends going during Thanksgiving week...help!

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I made some plans for my friends. They have 2-days and I did the best I could getting FP for them. Anything good was gone or only had afternoon into evening availability.

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Tuesday, Nov 21
MK: 8AM-12AM, Parade 2PM, Happily Ever After 10PM, Once Upon a Time 10:45PM
EPCOT: 9AM - 11PM, Illuminations 9PM
Hollywood Studios: 9AM - 9PM, MovieMagic 7:40PM, JingleBellJingleBam 8PM, Fantasmic 8:30PM
Animal Kingdom: 8AM to 10PM, Rivers of Light 7PM/8:45PM/10PM
6:30AM Arrive at MK Parking Lot by at least 6:30AM
Take tram to TTC. At TTC take Monorail or Ferry to Magic Kingdom, probably Ferry
7AM Get into park, take picture in front of castle, Lineup on right side of castle
8AM 7DMineTrain, Follow crowd around back side of castle to ride
9AM PeterPan'sFlight, ManyAdventuresofWinnieThePooh
10AM Dumbo/Barnstormer/UnderTheSea
11AM It'sASmallWorld/HauntedMAnsion
12PM JungleCruise/PiratesofTheCaribbean/MagicCarpetsofAlladin
1PM Food? (Columbia Harbor House near liberty squareor Pinochio Haus near Philharmagic)
Tikiroom/Muppets in Liberty Square(see tiems guide for times)/Mickey'sPhilharmagic
2PM Parade/Monster'sIncLAughFloor/Stictch'sGreatEscape
3PM Meet Talking Mickey at Town Square
4PM Leave Magic Kingdom use Monorail (or Ferry if Monorail is crowded)back to TTC and then tram to Car
Drive to Hollywood Studios and Enter Park
5PM Use FP for TowerOfTerror (4:35-5:35PM), Use ChildSwap if you have a chicken
Visit StarWars Launch Bay visit Chewbacca or KyloRen if lines are <30min
6PM Use FP for ToyStoryMania(6:05-7:05PM)
Food? (Backlot Express has StarWars food or Pizza Rizzo's near muppets)
MuppetVision 3D
7PM Us FP for StarTours(7:15-8:15PM), check for Fantasmic FP or EPCOT ride FP's
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Decision time…Watch JingleBam and Fantasmic but have poor seating?Watch only Fantasmic but have
ok seating? Skip shows and go to EPCOT for more rides?
If Staying for all the shows go to 7:30PM line.
If staying but skipping JingleBam to get good Fantasmic seating start from 8:30PM and head straight for
Fantasmic!
If Leaving for EPCOT jump to 10PM line
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7:30PM Find spot in front of Chinese Theater for MovieMagic and JingleBam
8:30PM
After or before ending of JingleBam head for Fantasmic the show will start soon (use FP if you got one
earlier it will still get your better seats maybe)
9PM Leave Hollywood Studios and Head for EPCOT
10PM Arrive at Epcot
TestTrack/MissionSpace/Soarin'/Frozen Ever After
Other lesser options are Spaceship Earth / Seas with Nemo / Turtle Talk with Crush / Living with the Land
If you are in line when the park closes they will not shut the ride down before you get to ride.
11PM Park Close
Thursday, Nov 23
MK: 8AM-12AM, Parade 2PM, Happily Ever After 10PM, Once Upon a Time 10:45PM
EPCOT: 9AM - 11PM, Illuminations 9PM
Hollywood Studios: 9AM - 8PM, MovieMAgic 7:40PM, JingleBellJingleBam 8PM, Fantasmic 8:30PM
Animal Kingdom: 8AM to 10PM, Rivers of Light 7PM/8:45PM/10PM
6:30AM Arrive at Animal Kingdom Parking Lot
7AM Get into park, stay to left
8AM Follow Crowd to Flight of Passage ride
9AM NaviRiverJourney (if wait under 30min)
10AM Safari/Everest/Dinosaur use Child Swap on Everest or Dinosaur if you have chickens
11AM TriceraTopSpin/Boneyard/Food? (Restarauntorsarus or Flame Tree BBQ are nearby)
12PM Festival of Lion King show/ Gorilla Falls trail
1PM Flights ofWonder show/ Majarahja Jungle Trek trail
2PM Nemo show / Tough to Be a Bug show
3PM Leave Animal Kingdom and head for Magic Kingdom
4PM See Mickey on way in if you missed him before
Country Bear Jamboree and/or Tiki Room if you missed them before
5PM
Use FP for Big Thunder Mountain (5:20-6:20), use closer to end of window since it's next to
Splash, this is a gentle coaster but use child swap for chickens
6PM
Use FP for Splash Mountain (6:25-7:25PM), use child swap for chickens, but they will be
missing some amazing things
7PM Food? (head for Cosmic Ray's in tomorrowland)
Use FP for Space Mountian (7:25-8:25PM), child swap available, immediately check any FP
using the app.
Pick an anytime attractions in Tomorrowland
(Monster'sInc/PeopleMover/Stitch/CaroselOfProgress)
8PM
Pick an anytime attraction in Tomorrowland
(Monster'sInc/PeopleMover/Stitch/CaroselOfProgress)
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Decision watch the nighttime shows or ride more rides?
If you want to see the shows start at 9PM line. If you want to skip and get more rides in then
jump to 11PM line
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9PM
Try to secure viewing spots for castle shows. Try the garden in front of the Crystal Palace
restaurant. If you are brave you might try the Hub in front of the castle
Have someone get Mickey ice cream bars for the group to kill some time?
10PM Happily Ever After and Once Upon a time
11PM Buzz Lightyear Spin / Tea Cups / Speedway
Whatever you missed/skipped or want to repeat
If you did not do 7DMinTrain the first day then now would be the time
Some suggestions of things that should have reduced waits after fireworks: (Haunted
Mansion/Pirates/JungleCruise/BigThunder/Splash)
If you are in line when the park close they will not shut the ride down before you get to ride.
A little after the parking closing time there is a small additional show that plays on the castle
called the Kiss Goodnight
12AM Park Close